KNOX – Dispute with the U.S. has a single issue – Donald Trump
VICTORIA LAWYER Kirk Karaszkiewicz didn’t know Donald Trump when they were in school together. Both graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, but they didn’t [Continue]
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KNOX – Oprah, or maybe John Travolta, buys into the neighbourhood
OPRAH IS MOVING next door. She just paid $8.3 million US ($6.7 gazillion Cdn) for a 43-acre compound on Washington’s Orcas Island, 35 kilometres east of Sidney. The news [Continue]
KNOX – Towing the line is getting tougher in this age of declining civility
TOW-TRUCK DRIVERS don’t expect hugs. Nobody likes having their car towed after getting caught breaking the rules, and nobody likes making their way to the storage yard to [Continue]
KNOX – What’s in a name? Ask a Canada jay
I’M OUT ON a patio, enjoying a nice healthy snack, when this bird lands on the table, bold as can be. “Sorry,” it says. “Is this seat taken?” I was taken aback. [Continue]
KNOX – Reservations could be free at B.C. Ferries under new strategy
HERE’S SOMETHING to ponder while lined up at Swartz Bay or Nanaimo this long weekend: Reservation fees could go the way of the Sunshine Breakfast on B.C. Ferries’ [Continue]
KNOX – Wax versions of Royal Family won’t come out of exile for the wedding
THE QUEEN will not be making an appearance at the royal wedding. It’s not really her turn in the sun, you see. Also, she might melt in it. We speak, of course, of the [Continue]
KNOX – The great pipeline debate: why isn’t more oil refined in B.C.?
HERE’S WHERE the economic and environmental arguments clash. Those who want to ship Alberta oil from B.C. say being shut out of Asian markets costs Canada billions of [Continue]
KNOX – Tax tip: Sorry, you can’t claim Trudeau and Horgan as dependents
A MESSAGE from the Canada Revenue Agency/Agence de Gougement. Dear Taxpayer/Cher Victime, The deadline for most Canadians to file their 2017 tax returns is Monday, April 30. [Continue]
KNOX – Looking ahead to B.C. in 2019: driven crazy by Rachel Rockets
News item: Alberta is threatening to cut the flow of oil to B.C. in retaliation for B.C.’s attempts to block the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Victoria, 2019 [Continue]
KNOX – Remembering when the pen was mightier than the keyboard
I CANNOT write. Yes, you reply, that’s obvious. No, I mean that literally: I can no longer write longhand. I lost the ability years ago, probably around the time I lost my [Continue]
KNOX – The age-old question: one week or two for spring break?
Editor’s Note: School District 73 put a one-week spring break into effect this year. Most districts, like Victoria where Jack Knox lives and works, are still on two [Continue]
KNOX – Luggie is back on the beat, standing up for mascots everywhere
LUGGIE IS BACK and I am glad. Unreasonably so. From 1996 through 2003, the carpet-clad Lug-A-Rug mascot was an everyday sight in Victoria, dancing and waving to passing [Continue]
KNOX – Snow angst, pipeline politics and remembering Arthur Black
WEDNESDAY, AS the first frightening flakes floated down in daintily deceptive fashion, this appeared on the City of Victoria’s Twitter account: “Due to snow, tonight’s [Continue]
KNOX – There’s not enough listening in this age of instant outrage
IT’S ONE OF those issues that Justin Trudeau just can’t scrape off his shoe. Faith groups are up in arms. An Ontario Catholic diocese says it won’t be “bullied” [Continue]
